Volcanic stratigraphy of large-volume silicic pyroclastic eruptions during Oligocene Afro-Arabian flood volcanism in Yemen

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-156

  Peate, Ingrid Ukstins ^a   Baker, Joel A ^c   Al Kadasi, Mohamed ^d   Al Subbary, Abdulkarim ^d   Knight, Kim B ^e,f   Riisager, Peter ^g   Thirlwall, Matthew F ^b   Peate, David W ^a   Renne, Paul R ^e,f   Menzies, Martin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bimodal volcanism; Continental flood volcanism; Ethiopia; Flood basalt; Ignimbrite; Rhyolite; Volcanic stratigraphy; Yemen

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; OLIGOCENE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; YEMEN;

EID: 31144461647     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-005-0428-4     Document Type: Article

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